Bluebells Victorious

Michael, thanks for the honest critique. I find it very helpful. I agree that the image does not have punch in color or any special lighting. Also the degree of in focus vs. blur is not what I favor. I had difficulty with wanting more in focus and wanting more blur in the bg. But I don't tend to do post processing blurring. The content is reflective of the somewhat chaotic nature of the floodplain forest and especially areas that are reclaiming old man-made disturbances. However, this type of image, I know, is not appealing to many people, even though it does depict a common and much loved local widlflower event. Sounds like I need to work on capturing a more idealized version of it.

Thanks again.
Julie

Would love to come across a scene like this. You chose a good anchor for the flowerscape...but have to agree...it's lacking a punch. Lack of contrast maybe, tree at right creeping out of the frame? Something...it's a nice shot...just not quite doing it for me...

I love the flowers crawling over the post! See if you can do something more with this; as the others have said,it doesn't catch your eye quite enough, but still I think it has lots of potential. How about if you crop it differently? Square, so it includes just the post and flowers to the right and back? Also, I would like to see more contrast in the flowers. Maybe try shadow/highlights; that might really put some color and contrast into the lighter parts, and that's what I would like to see.
To me, the bushes and trees on the right side are distracting, so that's why I think a crop might be better, but it might also help focus on the post and wires, which I think are really interesting.
As noted, this is just my opinion.......

A very pleasant small scene Julie. It needs some highlight and midtone adjustment to put some saturation and pop IMO.